High-frequency therapeutical apparatus.



F. M. & M. H. KIDDER. HIGH FREQUENCY THERAPBUTIOAL APPARATUS.APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1914.

1,127,017. Patented Feb.2, 1915.

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FRAN CIS M. KIDDER AND MILTON I-IJKIDIDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lI-IIGH-FREQUENCY THERAPEUTICAL APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 191.5.

Application filed August 11, 1914. Serial N 0. 856,193.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANCIS M. KIDDER andMILTON H. KIDDER, citizens of the United States, and residents of thecity of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved High-Frequency TherapeuticalApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. I

This application has to deal with means whereby the flexible cordconductor that connects the apparatus with a lamp socket or other sourceof supply can be wound around the handle of the apparatus when thelatter is not in use, so that the cord will be kept in a neat andorderly manner and not become entangled.

The invention has for its general objects to provide an improved handlefor a therapeutical apparatus of the character referred to with aflexible supply cord, the handle having novel means on its ends wherebythe cord when not in use can be wound around the handle lengthwisethereof, whereby the wire is prevented from kinking or becomingentangled.

With such objects in view and others which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises various novel featuresofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth withparticularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

, In; the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, Figure l is a perspective view ofthe apparatus when not in use; Fig. 2 is. a view showing the cordunwound from the apparatus and an electrode placed in the latter torender the apparatus ready for treatments; and Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe electrode-receiving end of the handle.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the handle of the apparatuswhich, as disclosed in the application hereinbefore referred to,contains an. induction coil, a transformer and condenser, whereby highfrequency currents are produced which generate in the evacuated tube orelectrode B, ultra-violet rays which are utilized in therapeuticaltreatments, such electrode being removably placed in one end of thehandle A. Atthe opposite end of the handle a flexible and thereforemeans,

cord conductor G leads into the handle for connection with theelectrical instrumentahties therein, and applied to the cord is anattaching plug D or equivalent means for fitting into a lamp or wallsocket for connectlon with a current supply circuit. This cord is ofsuitable length to enable the apparatus to be manipulated in treating apatient, and when the apparatus is not in use the cord is detachedfromthe lamp socket, forming the subject matter of the present1nvention, is provided to enable the cord to be wound on the handle in amanner to prevent the cord conductor from kinking or entangling.

On one end of the handle are a pair of studs or members 1 and 2 disposedat opposite sides respectively of the socket 3 that receives theelectrode, so that when the electrode is removed, these members 1 and 2form a crotch into which the cord can be wound.

At the opposite end of the handle is a stud or member 4 and a cordconductor protector 5 which cooperates with the stud 4c to form a crotchor recess in which the cord conductor can be wound. These devices 4 and5 are disposed at opposite sides of the key 6 which is used for varyingthe strength of the current used for treating, and the members 4 and 5extend outwardly beyond the surface 7 of the key, so that the cord whenwound on the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, will be prevented by thedevices 4 and 5 from slipping laterally ofi? the handle. When theapparatus is not in use the cord is wound back and forth around thehandle from end to end and the successive convothemembers and 5 at theopposite ends, whereby the cord is prevented from becoming entangled orkinked. The protector 5 is a helically wound wire forming a resilienttube or spring which is anchored to a base piece 8 fastened by screws orequivalent means 9 to the handle A, and its purpose is to prevent thewire from being abruptly bent directly at the handle and breaking. Whenthe apparatus is to be used the cord conductor is unwound from thehandle and the plug D is attached to a lamp socket and the electrode Bis then placed in the socket 3 of the handle, whereupon the apparatus isready for use.

It will be noted that as the members 1 40 whereby the members retain theconductor become broken,

left on the handle there is a talities for generating curative rays,

necessary to remove the electrode so that the cord can be enteredbetween the Inernbers l and 2, and since the electrode must thus beremoved thefphysician or'user will take spe- 1 cial care of theelectrode so that it willnot greater likelihood of it being broken i-byreason' of it'fprojectingfi so far out'of the handle. v Q

- From the foregoing description taken in connection witlrtheaccompanying drawing, the advantages of; the construction and method ofoperationwill be readily understood by thosefskllledin the art towhiehthe invention appertains,.-and while we have described the apparatuswhich we now'conlfsider to'be the best e'mbodimentthereof we- ,desire tohave it understood that theapparatus shown isfme'rely illustrativeandthatsuch changes may be m'adewhen desired-S ts are withinthescope ofthe appendedlclaims i cord conductor ,being wound around the handlelongitudinally and entered between the members at the ends of a thehandle,

in? place.

1 2. A therapeutical ai ma1s ,,om isin I La handle adapted to 'removablyhold an electrode, a cord conductor connected "with the handleHat-joneend, a flexible {protector fastened to the 'rhandle and through which coies this pa e may be obtained f or but ifthe' electrode were meansWithin the the be dof he ha mentioned member 1s: 'fa'stene'd, and cordend of the handle, t can be wound longitudinally "of the handle andengagedbetween the said members," said tubular memberbeing flexibletoform "a-pro- 7 sides of five 22611115 each,

the cord conductor extends, a member 1 fits, -tened to the sa me end ofthe handle as is the protector and spaced from the latter,-

WherebyJthe cordcondhctor can be wound ber, and ineansat the oppositeend ofthe handle "forretaining the wound cord cone ductor thereon. v a

3. A therapeutical apparatus comprising lat-handle, "flexible tubular1nembero'n one fend of thehand1e,;a cord c'onductorextending through thetubular member, electrical handleitowhich'the fcord conductor isconnected, afixedf member on dlefto which the firstconductor" engagingmeans on the opposite whereby the conductor teotor to'preventbreakage ofthe cord conductor'whereit enter sithehandlei around the handlelongitudinally and entered between the protector and the {mem- V 4. Atherapeuticalapparatus comprising i a handleprovidedwith a socket atoneend to receive an electrode, "a' currentsupply flexible conductorconnected with the han- 1dle,and a' pair of members fixed on 'each end gof the handle andrextendingflongitudinally thereof 'for retaining theflexible "conductor when'wound longitudinally'of the handle, p"thesocket thereof,"whereby the "electrode must be removed-before thefiexithe members at one end being at opposite ble conductor can be woundon thehandle,

"said four members lying iin' the same plane with the-sidesof*thehandle; Iii-testimony whereof we na'mesto thisspecificati'on inthe presence of two 'subscribingwitnesses, Y t I c FRANCIS 'MJKIDDER.

Witnesses-E] 'O'H'ATTERfBRADWnYf I PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs;

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